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  "id": "2024-07-08-columbia-university-burglary-burglary-521west112-2024-07-08",
  "slug": "columbia-university-burglary-burglary-521west112-2024-07-08-2024-07-08",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia University",
    "shortName": "Columbia",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Columbia Public Safety Clery Alerts",
    "enrollment": 33000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-07-08",
    "type": "burglary",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Clery crime alert for a burglary near campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Clery crime alert for a burglary near campus",
    "summary": "Columbia Public Safety [issued a Clery crime alert PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W13_Clery_Burglary_521West112_2024-07-08.pdf) recovered via Wayback. Full text preserved from the official flyer.",
    "outcome": "See the Clery crime alert for investigation status and safety guidance.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published as Columbia Clery crime alert around 2024-07-08",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Clery Crime Alert\nBurglaries\n\nOn Monday, July 08, 2024 at 9:45 p.m. and on July 14, 2024 at 8:13 p.m. two burglaries occurred at 521\nWest 112 Street, at the Morningside Campus.\n\nThe complainant, a Columbia University student, reported that two new air conditioners were removed\nfrom the lobby without permission or authority. Video review shows the same individual entering the\nbuilding on both dates by piggybacking into the lobby. Once inside, the individual removes the property.\n\nThe incident was reported to Columbia University Public Safety on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at 12:24 p.m.\nIf you have any additional information about these incidents, please contact Public Safety at 212-854-\n2797.\n\nThe suspect is male-presenting, light-complexioned, and has short straight brown hair.\n\nSafety Tips\nDo not allow others to “piggyback” behind you into a secure location.\nPlease try to retrieve your packages in a timely manner.\nDo not buzz people into a building unless you know who they are and what they are doing.\nDISCLAIMER: Clery Crime Alerts (Timely Warning Notifications) are distributed pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of\nCampus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Columbia University is required to alert the campus community\nwhen certain crimes occur in our Clery Act defined campuses that represent a serious or continuous threat to the community.\n\nTo see this and other Clery Crime Alerts please visit our Public Safety website. For more information about Columbia\nUniversity’s Clery Act compliance efforts, please contact the Department’s Clery Act Compliance Director, Roberto A. Pineda\nSanchez at rp3240@columbia.edu.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W13_Clery_Burglary_521West112_2024-07-08.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Columbia Public Safety Clery crime alert PDF via Wayback Machine",
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  "context": "On or about 2024-07-08, Columbia Public Safety published a Clery crime alert flyer. Live [index](https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/clery-crime-alerts) is Cloudflare-restricted to bots; [Wayback PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W13_Clery_Burglary_521West112_2024-07-08.pdf) holds the public text.",
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      "title": "Clery crime alert PDF (Wayback)",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250101021134/https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/sites/default/files/content/W13_Clery_Burglary_521West112_2024-07-08.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Columbia Clery crime alerts index",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/content/clery-crime-alerts",
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      "title": "Columbia University",
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-21",
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